I look at my 2000 Toyota Rav 4 with admiration. And, yes, I now
drive and have owned the exotic cars that make men behave like
little boys. But when you cut to the chase, an automobile's job is
to efficiently take you where you want to go without you having to
take it where it needs to go. More than five years after I drove my
Rav 4 out of the dealer's showroom, other than the usual oil
changes, it has never needed a single repair. So my Boxter may be
more fun and far more appealing, but it's my dependable Rav 4

arizona PHOENIX—Heidelberg USA has installed its Prinect Prinance
Print Management System at Steve Woods Printing. The Prinance
package works seamlessly with another manufacturer's digital
prepress system and a trio of large- and small-format presses, as
well as with its Heidelberg/Polar 137 cutter, and TD66 and TD78
folders. california Los Angeles—Sinclair Printing, owned and
operated for 75 years by the Sinclair family, has stepped up its
booklet production by adding a new BravoPlus saddlestitching system
from Muller Martini to its full-service bindery. Roseville—Master
Color is now running a two-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46. The
new equipment is being used to produce stationery, brochures and
newsletters.

Agfa Leaves PrintCity; Group Promises 'Business as Usual' MORTSEL,
BELGIUM—Agfa announced it is leaving the PrintCity consortium. The
company reports it has decided to take a new approach for
demonstrating the benefits of connectivity to its customers because
the group's charter objectives were fully met at Drupa 2004. "We
will demonstrate connectivity in our day-to-day business, not just
in a consortium or at a trade show," explains Jan Van Daele, Agfa's
vice president of imaging solutions. "Open standards have become a
given and we will continue to invest our efforts and resources in
innovations, connectivity and profitability for our customers,"
adds Marc

By Caroline Miller When it comes to saddle stitching, every printer
or trade finisher has a different set of needs. Some are looking
for increased speed; for others, it is ease of operation or fast
make-ready capabilities. And there are those in need of a stitcher
that can integrate easily into a larger in-line system. Vendors of
production saddle stitchers are responding to all of those needs
thanks to a new generation of technology. "We've just seen a
quantum leap in technology," says Chris Azbill, vice president at
United Litho, a short-run publication printer that recently
installed a Muller Martini Tempo saddle stitcher. When